Obituaries
Volodymyr Konopatskiy
Apr 14, 2009
Volodymyr Konopatskiy, 52, of Solvay, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at University Hospital. Born in Ternopil, Ukraine on Thursday, November 1, 1956, he was the son of Bogdan Konopatskiy and Katerena Stypak Konopatskiy. He came to the U.S. on April 4, 1990 and was a member of the First Ukrainian Pentecostal Church. Surviving are his wife of 10 years,...
Helen McCann Smith
Apr 10, 2009
Helen E. Smith, 64, of Solvay, passed away Friday, April 10, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, August 22, 1944, she was the daughter of Douglas Smith and Helen Elizabeth Flarety Smith. Helen graduated from Jordan-Elbridge High School. She was employed 38 years with the Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services, retiring in 2002. She enjoyed camping...
Bertram R. Theiss
Apr 9, 2009
Bertram R. Theiss, 91, of Camillus, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009 at home in the presence of his beloved family. Born in Auburn on Wednesday, October 10, 1917, he was the son of Erie Theiss and Catherine Jago Theiss. He graduated from Holy Family High School and lived in Camillus for over 60 years. Bert was employed for 37...
Eileen D. Trudell
Apr 8, 2009
Lt. Col. Eileen D. Trudell (Ret.), 87, of Camillus, NY, passed away Wednesday, April 8 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse. Born on February 7, 1922 in Tupper Lake, she was the daughter of Daniel and Ruth LeBoeuf Trudell. Her family moved to Utica where she graduated from Utica Free Academy in 1941 and received her registered nursing diploma...
Renee H. Nicolucci
Mar 30, 2009
Renee H. Nicolucci, 61, of Fairmount, passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at home. Born on Thursday, April 24, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Manuel Lanseros and Pauline Neugent of Syracuse. She lived in Syracuse all her life. Renee was employed with Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, retiring in April 2007. She was a communicant of Holy...
Mary Joan Gordon
Mar 28, 2009
M. Joan Gordon, 79, of Camillus, died Saturday March 28, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Port Chester, New York on Sunday, August 11, 2009, she was the daughter of William J. Gordon and Mary E. Fallon Gordon. Joan was formerly employed by AT&T. Surviving are her brothers and sisters-in-law, William J. and Helene Gordon of Madison, Connecticut and...
John Joseph Opela
Mar 28, 2009
John J. Opela, 82, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Waterford, New York on Friday, July 9, 1926, he was the son of Joseph and Mary Opela. He lived in Camillus for 54 years. He was a 1944 graduate of Waterford High School. John was a supervisor for AT&T, retiring in 1985...
Anna Jane Holihan
Mar 27, 2009
Jane Bex Holihan, 92, of Westvale, passed away March 27, 2009 at home. Born in Syracuse on July 27, 1916, she was the daughter of Fredrick Bex and Margaret West Bex. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was formerly a nurse for the Westhill Central School District and St. Charles Borromeo School. She was predeceased by her husband, John, who...
James Cantello
Mar 24, 2009
James “Jim” Cantello, 69, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at home. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, March 28, 1939, he was the son of Angelo Cantello and Louise Bessesi Cantello. He was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area and graduated from Vocational High School. Jim was employed 32 years with New Process Gear, retiring in 1996....
Velma J. Couse DeBottis
Mar 22, 2009
Velma J. Couse DeBottis, 84, of Camillus, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at home, surrounded by her family. Born in Syracuse on Thursday, June 26, 1924, she was the daughter of Floyd Couse and Sarah Fosbrook. A long-time resident of the Syracuse-Camillus area, she was a graduate of Vocational High School. Velma was a business partner with...
Salvatore Mangano
Mar 22, 2009
Salvatore Mangano, 82, of Camillus, a devoted husband, father and grandfather, died at home Sunday March 22, 2009 surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Known as "Sam" to friends and family, he was a successful farmer, and with his brother-in-law, Carmen Emmi, a developer of local real estate and hotels, and the longtime co-owner and operator of the...
Mary B. Mural
Mar 21, 2009
Mary B. Mural, 90, of Eastwood, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Monday, September 30, 1918, she was the daughter of Michael Miga and Mary Filip Miga. A lifetime resident of Eastwood, she was a graduate of Eastwood High School. Mary and her husband were summer residents of Cape Vincent on the St....
Suzanne Yvonne Powell
Mar 20, 2009
Suzanne Yvonne Powell, 75, of Fairmount, passed away Friday, March 20, 2009 at Crouse Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Born in Jordan on Friday, January 5, 1934, she was a lifetime resident of the Camillus area and 1951 graduate of Central High School whom she represented in Seventeen Magazine. Suzanne was a 43-year employee with Crucible Steel Corp., retiring...
Patricia A. Kaljeskie
Mar 19, 2009
Patricia A. Kaljeskie, 59, of Solvay, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Carthage on Friday, May 6, 1949, she was the daughter of Frederick Allen Barkley and Leona Ethel Bercume Barkley. She was a graduate of Carthage High School. Patricia was a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, communicant of St. Joseph's Church...
Gary L. Moyer
Mar 16, 2009
Gary L. Moyer, 60, of Solvay, passed away Monday, March 16, 2009 at home. Born in Syracuse on Thursday, August 26, 1948, he was the son of Giddell L. Moyer and Mildred Fern Sleeth Moyer. After spending his early years in Syracuse, he lived in Solvay for 32 years. Gary was a 1967 graduate of Westhill High School. He was...
Anna Marie Hilton
Mar 15, 2009
Ann Marie Hilton, 73, of Camillus, passed away Friday at Community General Hospital. Born and raised in Buffalo, she lived in the Syracuse area since 1950. Ann was a 1952 graduate of St. Anthony High School. She was employed by St. Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center for 20 years and was previously employed by Western Union for eight years and...
Harriet W. Gibbs
Mar 15, 2009
Harriet W. Gibbs, 84, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2009 after a brief illness. Born on Wednesday, September 3, 1924 in Waterbury, Connecticut to William and Edna Walton, she graduated from Edgewood Park Junior College in Briarcliff Manor, NY. She was employed as a secretary in Connecticut. After moving to Camillus in 1956, Harriet worked as a homemaker,...
Frederick G. 'Doc' Schwartz
Mar 12, 2009
Frederick “Doc” Schwartz, 81, of Camillus and Grindstone Island, New York, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2009 at University Hospital. Born in Niagara Falls on Monday, January 30, 1928, he was the son of George William Schwartz and Mabel Pletcher Schwartz. He graduated from high school in 1945 with honors. He served from 1946-1949 in World War II in the...
Nellie T. 'Pat' Morris Mc Intyre
Mar 9, 2009
Nellie T. “Pat” Morris Mc Intyre, 73, of Camillus, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at Francis House and is now home with the Lord God who directed her wonderful life. Although a non-smoker, she waged a spirited and spiritual battle with lung cancer. Born in Scott, NY on Christmas Day 1935 to Mary Ellen O’Hara of County Mayo, Ireland...
Frances Ann Bellotti
Mar 8, 2009
Frances Ann Bellotti, 81, a lifetime resident of Warners, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009 at the home of her son in Kirkville. Born on Thursday, April 28, 1927, she was the daughter of Gaettano Saccone and Mary Phillips Saccone. She was formerly employed by Newport Products and Camillus Cutlery. Frances was a former communicant of Our Lady of Good...